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Jo (she/her)
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queer research nerd aspiring to be Baba Yaga. patreon.com/joblackthorn
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Here's to breathing, thinking, and expressing the full range of emotions (particularly those you were taught you weren't supposed to have).
Playful and pliable. "what lesbian porn has done for me" by Destiny O. Birdsong #poetry
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Talking about space, and magnets (bc srs, we know what a magnet is). Call it a combo of science & managing mental health
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I'm passing you your share of gatorade and hash browns. "Last Call" by Kim Addonizio, from her book Tell Me. #poetry
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The only question is who’s car we’re gonna take. “Leave of Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder” by Lyndsay Rush #poetry #ooo
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
All that can develop from a touch. "Touch" by Victoria Lena Manyarrows.#poetry
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It can feel complicated, and be simple. “Instructions for Having a Soul” by Joseph Fasano. #poetry #soul
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Relevant then, relevant now. “Self Reclamations For My Twelve-Year Old Self” by D. Coffyn. #poetry #aging
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A bend in the path doesn't mean you're doing everything wrong, it means there's a bend in the path. Hang in there. This is an untitled piece from Jarod K. Anderson.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Just so we’re clear. “When I Say I Want You, What I Mean Is” by D. Coffyn. #poetry
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
a toga of ectoplasm, worn Isadora Duncan-style. “Ghosts and Fashion” by Elaine Equi #poetry
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
All valid questions.“When I Die, Delete My Browser History” by D. Coffyn. #poetry
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Trust that you can adapt. from Keep Moving by Maggie Smith #poetry
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Although, things can always change. “The Witch Has Told You a Story” by Ava Leavell Haymon #spookypoetry
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Celebrating the change of season, in a more Addams family way. “Fall, leaves, fall” by Emily Brontë. #poetry
October 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A memory of continous presence. “Your Fingers Are Still” by Crystos. #poetry
October 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
And let it swim. Virginia Woolf, from a diary entry c. October 1927 #fall
October 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A superior spectre, more near. “One Need Not Be a Chamber—To Be Haunted” by Emily Dickinson. #poetry
October 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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The violence being done to the word “idea” is extremely galling. What they’re talking about is a logline.
It’s tiresome at this point, but again, their entire pitch is “wouldn’t it be great if there were no such things as talent, craft, and skill,” and what that means is a bland, slop-filled world. www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...
October 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Question the method, and the goal. “Hunger” by Michael Bazzett. #poetry
October 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
What are you afraid of, dearie? “One Time At Salem” by Louise Webster #poetry #witch
October 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The draft is what you wrote to get it out of your head. You know neither it nor you are perfect, and you know to keep going. from Maggie Smith’s book Keep Moving. #poetry #writing
October 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
You woke me up (which was a choice) then asked me hold this. So I am holding this, because you asked. Because you needed to get it out of your head. So I am holding it, for you. “Turpentine” by Richard Silken #painting #poetry #artytherapy
October 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Something bright in all, though each with a very different feel. “Autumn Fires” by Robert Louis Stevenson. #poetry #fall
October 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Join me? “Reel” by Barbara Crooker, from her book, The Book of Keels. #poetry #october
October 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Look up. “The Two-Headed Calf” by Laura Galpin. #poetry
October 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM